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  • Kol may stay warm till Tues, max likely to hover around 35°C

    Kolkata: Despite being lashed by a squall on Friday night, the city remained warm and humid, with the maximum temperature touching 34.8°C on Saturday. While it will continue to be warm during the day, with the maximum temperature hovering ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Heavy police deployment as anti-encroachment drive clears area outside West Bengal's Howrah station

    KOLKATA: A massive anti-encroachment drive was carried out outside Howrah railway station past midnight, with bulldozers demolishing rows of makeshift shops and illegal structures along the stretch from the Ganga ghat to the station premises, officials said on Sunday.The ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Cyber plaint against CM slur, sensitive content on FB

    Kolkata: A cyber crime case has been registered against an unidentified person for allegedly posting objectionable and communally sensitive content on Facebook, including a post targeting chief minister Suvendu Adhikari and another related to the arrangement of Qurbani cattle ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    No fire licence, screening stops at EMB multiplex

    Kolkata: Screening of films at Inox in Metropolitan Mall at Hiland Park off EM Bypass stopped from Saturday as the fire licence did not get renewed due to lack of pressurisation in the stairs and exhaust system in the ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Supply dries up at Kolkata’s only abattoir

    KOLKATA: The city’s only abattoir in Tangra has stopped receiving fresh supply of cattle since Thursday. Officials said more than 180 heads of cattle were at the facility, but only 22 of these would be allowed for slaughter as ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Have list of Abhishek Banerjee’s properties’: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari in fresh attack on TMC MP

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari launched a fresh attack against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, claiming that he has obtained a list of properties linked to Abhishek’s company, Leaps and Bounds, and warning that the assets would ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    New helpline to counter crimes against women

    Kolkata: The state govt is soon launching a dedicated 24-hour helpline number for women - 181 - which will be geo-tagged with the help desk at the nearest police station as the police will immediately get alert on exactly ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    15 arrested for Asansol police outpost attack

    Asansol: Fifteen people were arrested for ransacking a police outpost at Qureshi Mohalla in Asansol on Friday evening, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday, reports Mohammad Asif."Those who were involved in vandalising the police outpost are in police custody. ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Accept all plaints of police excesses in 5 years, says West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari to cops

    KOLKATA: Police stations in Bengal will have to accept complaints against cop excesses in last five years, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday in Diamond Harbour after his first administrative meeting with top police officers.Speaking to media after the ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Hall full of dreams: Students step into future of higher edu, careers

    Kolkata: In a buzzing hall alive with the hum of ambition and the sparkle of possibility, over 300 students from classes XI and XII and their parents stepped into a world of higher education dreams on April 12. Times ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    6 unnatural deaths in 24 hrs

    Kolkata: Six persons died under mysterious circumstances in different parts of the city in the last 24 hours. Around 11.15 am on Saturday, an 82-year-old resident of Lake Road was found lying on the bed in an unconscious state. ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Prepare list of illegal buildings: Min to civic bodies

    Kolkata: The urban development and municipal affairs dept has asked the KMC, all municipal corporations and municipalities to strictly follow legal provisions on unauthorised construction after the Tiljala factory fire incident, which claimed two lives last week.Municipal affairs minister ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    RVNL finishes 28m deck-launch to bridge key Chingrighata gap

    Kolkata: After a 15-month wait, RVNL has managed to complete launching of the entire 28m concrete deck between piers 317 and 318 of the Orange Line. Thus, a major part of the first phase of lifting concrete segments to ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Malda to Falta, multiple TMC netas arrested

    Kolkata: Multiple Trinamool functionaries were arrested across districts on a string of charges ranging from cooperative bank fraud and extortion to demolishing a govt school building and a post-election firing on Saturday.In Malda's Ratua, Bilaimari gram panchayat pradhan Smritikana ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Dilip goes fishing in Khasmahal

    Kolkata: Panchayat, rural development and animal resources minister Dilip Ghosh spent Saturday morning at the ‘bheris' (pisciculture ponds) of Khasmahal in Bidhannagar, casting fishing nets and interacting with local residents and supporters.The minister joined a tea gathering before boarding ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal clears transfer of 7 NH stretches

    Kolkata: In a bid to improve connectivity in Bengal, state govt has cleared the transfer of seven key highway corridors to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), to allow ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Bangladesh nat’l held in Hingalganj

    Kolkata: Police on Saturday arrested alleged Bangladeshi national Shahidul Gazi from Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas for illegal infiltration, reports Sanjib Chakraborty. Joymal Abedin, a local TMC panchayat member was detained for allegedly providing shelter to Gazi.

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Will take care of Pushpa’: Suvendu in Abhishek lair after unseating Didi

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari took his first political programme outside his own constituencies to Falta in South 24 Parganas on Saturday — squarely in Abhishek Banerjee's Diamond Harbour parliamentary constituency — in a pointed move at a Trinamool stronghold ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    With scales flipped in Bengal, uphill task for TMC’s Jahangir Khan in Falta

    Falta: With the political scales flipping in Bengal and chief minister Suvendu Adhikari targeting him in his own lair, Trinamool Congress's Falta candidate Jahangir Khan faces an uphill task ahead of the May 21 repolls. Khan, who had stepped ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Singur, Nandigram chapters may be dropped from Class 8 syllabus: BJP MLA

    Kolkata: Baranagar BJP MLA Sajal Ghosh has indicated that sections on the Singur and Nandigram movements led by Mamata Banerjee may soon be removed from the state board's Class 8 syllabus — one of the first signals of curriculum ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu meets Mithun at actor’s New Town home

    Kolkata: Ahead of his scheduled administrative meeting at Diamond Harbour, CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday met actor Mithun Chakraborty at his New Town residence. Coming out of his house, Adhikari said, "Mithunda had sought some time to meet me. ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    FIR against Abhishek for ‘inflammatory’ poll campaign remarks

    Kolkata: An FIR was lodged against TMC national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly making inflammatory remarks in the run up to the 2026 assembly elections. Police said they have launched an investigation into whether ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Border fencing picks up pace in N 24 Pgns

    Kolkata: Bengal has sped up barbed-wire fencing along vulnerable parts of the India-Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas to curb illegal infiltration. This comes after CM Suvendu Adhikari announced expedited hand over of land to the Border Security Force ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Six Presi departments return to own admission tests after a decade

    Kolkata: After a decade of conducting admissions through the West Bengal JEE board, Presidency University will return to its own undergraduate admission process this year, with the application portal opening on Monday and forms to be accepted till June ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Man arrested for sending threat email targeting Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari; mentions suicide bomb attack

    KOLKATA: A man was arrested from Kolkata’s Garden Reach area for allegedly sending an email to police threatening a suicide bomb attack on West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari “with the help of terror outfit Al Qaeda,” a senior ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Chingrighata viaduct work resumes after 15 months

    Kolkata: After standing idle since Feb 2, 2025 next to Chingrighata crossing, the 500MT launcher moved for the first time to start placing a 28m concrete segment at 7.55pm on Friday. It moved 5m by 8.10pm.Elaborate traffic arrangements were ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandrakant Rath killing: CBI conducts searches at multiple locations

    KOLKATA: The CBI conducted searches at multiple locations on Saturday in connection with the murder of Chandrakant Rath, an aide to West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, officials said.The searches began late Friday night and continued into the early ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Wary real estate industry braces for material shortage, project delay and price shocks

    Kolkata: Kolkata's real estate market is staring at fresh time and cost escalations as the war in West Asia disrupts supplies of construction materials, delays project execution and pushes up apartment prices. A letter from CREDAI West Bengal to ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt to use SIR list to prune welfare database

    Kolkata: The newly elected Bengal govt will use the voters' list created out of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ahead of the assembly polls to prune names of deceased or relocated individuals whose names continue to ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    FIR against Abhishek Banerjee over inflammatory statements, remarks against Amit Shah

    KOLKATA: An FIR has been registered against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee at the Bidhannagar North Cyber Crime Police Station for allegedly making inflammatory statements ahead of the elections, making remarks regarding the playing of DJs and issuing statements against ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Too early to forecast Kol monsoon date’

    Kolkata: Met officials in the city said on Friday that it was too early to predict the southwest monsoon's arrival date in Kolkata, although the IMD has forecast an early onset over Kerala. The weather office has announced that ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP no to new members in bid to avoid TMC-isation

    Kolkata: BJP's Bengal unit announced on Friday that it would not induct any new members at the moment, at the party's first formal organisational meeting after the May 4 election results.Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said induction of members ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    2 TMC men held for land grabbing

    Howrah: Howrah City Police on Friday arrested two local Trinamool functionaries from Liluah on charges of wetland occupation, unlawful land conversion, forced evictions, extortion and links to bomb-attack incidents. The arrested men, Ranjit Karmakar and Rajbeer Singh, were allegedly ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Gold chain snatching near Park Circus

    Kolkata: Beniapukur cops are investigating a snatching incident on Park Street near Park Circus, where two motorcycle-borne men targeted a 32-year-old restaurant employee around 3.20 am on Thursday.The Salt Lake resident was walking toward Park Circus to book a ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Cops keep 3 alternative traffic plans ready for metro work

    Kolkata: Traffic cops have put in place an elaborate traffic management plan to prevent major congestion during the RVNL work to bridge a 366-metre gap at Chingrighata Crossing. The work will be carried out in two phases — from ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Buses, autos demand fare hike as diesel price crosses 95 mark

    Kolkata: The revision in fuel prices might hit Kolkata's public transport sector hard. Following international market volatility and escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, the price of diesel has crossed Rs 95 per litre mark. While economists said ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Mob pelts stones at cops in Asansol

    Asansol: Tension flared in Asansol after a group of people attacked a police outpost at Naya Mohallah accusing cops of trying to stop Friday night prayers. Police and central forces resorted to lathicharge and are conducting marches in the ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    All caste certs issued since 2011 to be re-verified

    Kolkata: State govt has directed all district administrations to begin re-verification of caste certificates issued since 2011, including those distributed through Duare Sarkar camps. The backward classes welfare department issued the directive on Friday, covering around 1.69 crore certificates ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Civic scam: ED quizzes ex-min Rathin Ghosh for 8 hours

    Kolkata: Former food minister Rathin Ghosh was questioned for eight hours by the ED on Friday in connection with the alleged civic recruitment scam. Ghosh, who reached the agency's Salt Lake office at 10am, had skipped five previous summonses."I ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Come June, CM to hear public complaints in ‘Janatar Darbar’

    Kolkata: From June 1, CM Suvendu Adhikari is likely to directly hear public grievances and ensure their immediate redressal through a "Janatar Darbar", following a model practised in several BJP-governed states such as UP, MP and Odisha.The proposed public ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata housing market sees slight dip, appetitegrows for larger homes

    Kolkata: The city's housing market saw a mild slowdown in April 2026, but residential registrations remained the second-highest for the month in the last five years, underlining underlying demand resilience. The city also witnessed a clear shift towards larger ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Rathin Bose unanimously elected assembly speaker

    Kolkata: ‘Vande Mataram' played in the assembly as Bengal kept up with its tradition of electing the speaker of the House unanimously on Friday. Cooch Behar South MLA Rathin Bose was elected speaker as Trinamool stayed away from contest.In ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu hints at rejig of assembly segments, new bigger house

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday hinted at a large-scale overhaul of Bengal's assembly constituencies combined with a significant increase in the number of members in the state legislative assembly — which may necessitate the construction of a new ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Won’t stop those who want to go’: Mamata vows to rebuild Trinamool

    Kolkata: Against the backdrop of rumblings in the Trinamool following its poll debacle, party chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Friday told candidates who had lost the 2026 assembly elections that she would build the organisation afresh.A party senior quoted Banerjee ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Sr cop Santanu ‘part of extortion racket’, sent to 14-day ED custody

    Kolkata: The ED on Friday told a special PMLA court in Kolkata that DCP Santanu Sinha Biswas, arrested at 10.40pm on Thursday, was part of an organised land-grab and extortion syndicate involving illegal land deals, transfer of OCs and ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Not leaving’: CM gives up Nandigram assembly seat

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday formally resigned from the Nandigram assembly seat and chose to retain Bhowanipore, while delivering an emotional message to reassure his support base in his East Midnapore bastion."My relationship with Nandigram is not ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Sdah, CBD, Bhowanipore lead parking violations

    Kolkata: Around 30% of illegal parking in the city in the past 48 hours was primarily reported from three separate zones – the headquarter guard comprising the Dalhousie and Esplanade areas, the Sealdah guard where Koley Market and Narkeldanga ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Devotees go for self-regulation, conform to govt’s new namaz guidelines across city mosques

    Kolkata: The city witnessed a largely peaceful transition on Friday as worshippers across several mosques offered prayers on the premises instead of carriageways, following verbal instructions conveyed by the police in line with the new govt's emphasis on traffic ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    In Tiljala, Friday namaz after 6-hour stand-off with payloader

    Kolkata: A payloader stationed in front of two buildings being demolished on G J Khan Road in Tiljala was forced to roll back on Friday morning after a nearly six-hour stand-off with local residents, as devotees sought space to ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    3,000 ‘red-zone’ bldgs on KMC watchlist

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department has identified 3,000 buildings in ‘red zones' across six city boroughs that have grossly violated the civic body's construction rules.Though an unofficial nomenclature, ‘red zones' refer to areas or neighbourhoods where ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Former MLA aide held with arms

    Howrah: Aakash Singh, a key aide of the ex-Howrah North MLA Goutam Choudhary, who was feared in the area, was arrested by the Howrah City Police detective department on Thursday. An aide of his was also arrested. The arrested ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar rape-murder case: Bengal govt suspends 3 police officers for 'lapses' in investigation, says CM Suvendu Adhikari

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Friday suspended three police officers over alleged “lapses” in the investigation into the RG Kar rape-murder case, Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari claimed.Announcing the decision at the state secretariat, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Centralised admission portal to open on Monday

    Kolkata: The centralised admission portal (CAP) will open on Monday for admission to undergraduate courses at 460 colleges and 17 universities in Bengal and applications will be accepted till June 1. The entire admission process will be held online, ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    60-yr-old auto driver dies after assault

    Kolkata: A 60-year-old auto-rickshaw driver died after he was allegedly assaulted following an altercation near the Nimtala Ghat on Wednesday morning.Cops from the Jorabagan PS arrested the accused, Madhyamgram resident Subir Paul (66), under the culpable homicide charge.The incident ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Orange Line extension till Sec V likely by Dec

    Kolkata: Metro Railway hopes to extend Orange Line services up to IT Centre station at Sector V by Dec. Currently, trains in this New Garia-Airport corridor run from New Garia up to Beleghata station at Metropolitan on E M ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    1 dead, 23 injured in ECL mine blast in Burdwan

    Jamuria: One worker was killed and 23 others injured after a roof fall triggered a powerful air blast inside the Parasia colliery of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) in the Kunustoria area of Jamuria, West Burdwan on Thursday.The incident occurred ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Realtors: Repeal of ULCRA must come with safeguards

    Kolkata: Real estate stakeholders have welcomed BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya's statement that the state govt was considering repealing the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, but cautioned that any rollback must be backed by safeguards against speculative ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC reappoints Kalyan as Lok Sabha chief whip

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Thursday reappointed Serampore MP Kalyan Banerjee as the party's chief whip in the Lok Sabha, replacing Barasat MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, during a high-level meeting chaired by party chief Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence, reports ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Rathindra Bose setto be speaker of 18th Bengal assembly

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday announced Rathindra Bose — a first-time MLA and Sangh Parivar loyalist — as the BJP's nominee for speaker of the 18th Bengal Legislative Assembly. The CM appealed to all parties to support Bose's ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Ex-CM faces ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans at HC corridor

    Kolkata: Chants of "Jai Shri Ram", "chor (thief)" and a few feeble "Joy Banglas" were heard in Calcutta HC's corridors when former CM Mamata Banerjee stepped out of the courtroom on Thursday after arguing a public interest litigation (PIL) ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt to replace ‘law of ruler’ with ‘rule of law’: Samik

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said the state govt will replace the "law of the ruler" with "rule of law" in the state, marking the end of "jungle raaj" in Bengal. Bhattacharya said that the political ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Fire officer in charge of zone suspended

    Kolkata: The fire and emergency services dept has suspended Pragati Maidan fire station officer after a fire at a Topsia manufacturing unit claimed two lives on Tuesday. Gautam Das, station officer and in-charge, faces suspension for negligence of duty. ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Cop alert on Annapurna Bhandar scam

    Kolkata: The Bengal Police have launched an extensive awareness campaign following reports of a sophisticated cybercrime syndicate targeting the state's newly introduced ‘Annapurna Bhandar' scheme.Fraudsters are reportedly using fake websites and deceptive digital forms to harvest personal data and ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Not an accident: 31 posers by Rahul kin

    Kolkata: Rahul Arunoday Banerjee's brother, Anirban, listed 31 questions surrounding the actor's demise and mailed them to the West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum. They are meant to be answered by the production house and the channel and can ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    CM tasks Rudranil, Rupa, Papia and Hiran with Tollywood order

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has asked four Tollywood actors-turned-BJP MLAs — Rudranil Ghosh, Rupa Ganguly, Hiraan Chatterjee and Papia Adhikary — to sort out issues in the industry. At a meeting held with the CM on Wednesday, matters ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    1st HS sem-batch results out, only 1.1% score above 90%

    Kolkata: The Higher Secondary results declared on Thursday recorded a slightly higher pass percentage than that last year but only 1.1% students scored 90% and above, recording a significant decline in the high-scorer figure. This was the first batch ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Guv’s call to slash energy use

    Kolkata: Governor RN Ravi on Thursday appealed to Bengal citizens to join PM Narendra Modi's efforts to cut down energy use in view of the West Asia conflict. In a post on X, RN Ravi pushed for energy conservation, ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    End of an era: Tabla legend Ustad Sabir Khan passes away at 66

    Kolkata: Noted tabla exponent Ustad Sabir Khan passed away at a city nursing home on Thursday. The ‘khalifa' of the Farukhabad gharana succumbed to a cardiac arrest. He was 66 and is survived by his wife and three sons.Born ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Aushgram’s giant slayer: Domestic help Kalita Maji swaps chores for public service

    Kolkata: Kalita Maji, the BJP's newly-elected MLA from Aushgram who continued to work as a domestic help even after being named a candidate, announced on Thursday that she would no longer work in households as she now had "a ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Kunal’s swipe at TMC old guard over Tapas, Sajal exit

    Kolkata: Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh on Thursday said former party netas Tapas Ray and Sajal Ghosh were "forced to leave" Trinamool, in a pointed social media post that also called for "self-analysis" within the party.The remarks came hours after ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    HC tells cops to ensure safe return of poll violence victims as Didi argues PIL

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed police to ensure the safe return of any citizen "irrespective of party affiliation" who had been illegally driven out of their home, shop or property in the wake of post-poll violence ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    BCI seeks details of Mamata’s legal practice status

    Kolkata: The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Thursday directed the West Bengal Bar Council to furnish details on former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's status as a lawyer before May 16, after she appeared as an advocate to argue ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    MLAs ride scooters, cycles to oath ceremony to push austerity message

    Kolkata: Scooters, bicycles, buses and suburban trains replaced the usual procession of SUVs and flashing beacons outside the Bengal Assembly on Thursday as a number of BJP lawmakers turned the second day of the oath-taking ceremony into a carefully ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    9 arrested in New Market incident: Govt

    State authorities on Thursday informed Calcutta High Court that nine people had been arrested in connection with the New Market incident, following which the court directed the State to file a detailed affidavit in response to a Public Interest ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    HC tells cops to ensure safe return of poll violence victims as Didi argues PIL

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed police to ensure the safe return of any citizen "irrespective of party affiliation" who had been illegally driven out of their home, shop or property in the wake of post-poll violence ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Sona Pappu case: Where’s Santanu Sinha Biswas, ED asks Kolkata DCP’s boss

    KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has written to the state's directorate of security, seeking information on Santanu Sinha Biswas, Kolkata Police DCP, special branch (II). An ED officer said they were trying to track Biswas in Jharkhand.On April 28, ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Leather ‘cottage industry’ shuts down in locality

    Kolkata: Leather goods units, a ‘cottage industry' in the Tiljala-Topsia belt, have downed shutters in the accident para, known for unregulated tanneries and other manufacturing. Many small factories operating out of residential buildings in the neighbourhoods remained shut on ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    11 months after Cal HC order, KMC razes Garia clock tower

    Kolkata: Eleven months after the Calcutta High Court ordered its removal, the Garia clock tower — which was constructed on a club playground — was brought down by a massive crane on Thursday.The clock tower stood in what is ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    After fire-hit Tiljala building, payloader moves to adjacent residential structure

    Kolkata: In the city's ‘red' illegal building zone, bulldozers used for demolition spook residents who are taking refuge in their kin's houses. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has deployed bulldozers as well as workers to pull down two unauthorised structures, ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt orders shutdown of all illegal toll points in state

    Kolkata: The state govt on Tuesday ordered immediate closure of all unauthorised toll and drop gates across Bengal. The order, issued by chief secretary Manoj Agarwal, is aimed at non-approved operational collection points, including barricaded structures and drop gates, ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Heeding PM’s call, MLAs take buses to assembly to take oath

    Kolkata: Emphasising on austerity, several Bengal MLAs travelled by buses to the state assembly on Wednesday to take oath of office even as chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said he asked DGP S N Gupta to cut down on the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal post-poll violence: Mamata Banerjee dons lawyers' coat, arrives at Calcutta high court

    KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, wearing a lawyer's court, arrived at the Calcutta high court to appear before chief justice HC Sujoy Pal, in connection with the post-poll violence PIL case on Thursday.She ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    'Bengal is not bulldozer state': Fighting case as lawyer, what Mamata Banerjee said in her 1st appearance in Calcutta HC

    KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Calcutta high court on Thursday in connection with a PIL alleging post-poll violence in the state, urging the court to “protect the people of ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar parents move court, demand ex-MLA’s arrest

    Kolkata: The mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder victim, now Panihati MLA, moved the Sealdah court with her husband on Wednesday, seeking the arrest of former Panihati MLA Nirmal Ghosh, Somnath Das and local Trinamool Congress functionary ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    CM Suvendu Adhikari retains Bhowanipore, says he 'won't forget' Nandigram

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the Bhowanipore MLA on Wednesday, but stressed that he hasn't "forgotten" Nandigram, the other constituency that sent him to the assembly in the recent polls.Adhikari, who defeated former CM Mamata Banerjee ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Kasba MLA files FIR against threat call

    Kolkata: Javed Khan, Trinamool MLA from Kasba and former state minister, has lodged a complaint at the Tiljala Police Station, claiming he received a threatening call, which caused him significant anxiety and mental harassment.The incident reportedly occurred at 7.59 ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    All civic bodies to be under CCTV watch: Minister

    Kolkata: Municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul has announced that all the 128 urban local bodies and three industrial townships in Bengal will be placed under 24x7 CCTV surveillance to combat "administrative paralysis and ensure seamless delivery of civic services".The ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt lifts curbs on interstate potato export

    Kolkata: State govt on Wednesday lifted all restrictions on the interstate movement of agricultural produce. While the notification covers food grains, oilseeds and vegetables, its most significant impact will be on the unrestricted export of potatoes.Bengal produced a record ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal grants CBI sanction in 4 graft cases

    Kolkata: Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said the state govt had granted sanction for prosecution to the CBI in four cases to enable action against officials accused of corruption."The previous govt blocked four CBI cases for the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Tutu Bose: A legacy that will live on

    Kolkata: As Mohun Bagan and East Bengal are preparing to resume their rivalry this Sunday with the Indian Super League title up there for the taking, one could be tempted to go back to the very beginning of the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    New school circular makes singing ‘Vande Mataram’ mandatory in morning assembly

    Kolkata: State schools have been instructed to sing ‘Vande Mataram' in the morning assembly every day before classes start.The school education department notice to institute heads states, "The singing of ‘Vande Mataram' during morning assembly prayers prior to the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    In city’s leather goods zone, illegal workshops cohabit with homes

    Kolkata: Residents of Tiljala watched in stunned silence on Wednesday evening as two payloaders rolled into a narrow lane and began tearing down portions of the building where two labourers died in a fire on Tuesday.The loud crash of ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Residents rush out with essentials from house

    Kolkata: A four-storey building at 50/1-D/1, GJ Khan Road, owned by the Nisar family, was declared an illegal building by the govt after a fire on Tuesday, following which the unit's owner Zafar Nisar was arrested. Demolition of the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Will enforce existing cow slaughter law, crack down on illegal trade: Govt

    Kolkata: The state on Wednesday cited a 1950 Bengal law and a 2018 Calcutta HC order to issue a public notice, banning cow slaughter without valid certificates, confirming the animal was fit for slaughter.The govt order said, "No person ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    No more atta, only wheat, at ration shops

    Kolkata: Food and supplies minister Ashok Kirtania on Wednesday announced that ration shops would no longer supply flour but will provide high-quality wheat to ensure better public health and transparency.After his swearing-in, Kirtania said the department would for now ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Cops go after helmetless bikers in ‘problem’ areas

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari called for a crackdown on helmetless bikers on Monday, and on the same evening Lalbazar asked all 26 traffic guards — in association with local police — to carry out round-the-clock crackdowns. Lalbazar claimed ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    CBI probe: 3D mapping of Suvendu PA murder spot

    Kolkata: The seven-member CBI SIT probing the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant of CM Suvendu Adhikari, on May 6, near his Madhyamgram home, visited the spot for the second time on Wednesday even as central agency sleuths said ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Ram Ke Naam’ screened at JU

    Art Against Oppression, a students' forum, screened ‘Ram Ke Naam', a National Award-winning documentary by Anand Patwardhan, at Jadavpur University on Wednesday. Sociology student Srijata Bagchi said, "We want to say JU's democratic and harmonious culture will be untouched." tnn

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    State freezes contractor payments, will clear bills after quality review

    Kolkata: All pending contractor bills in the state have been frozen and no payments would be cleared until a comprehensive review of project quality is completed, urban development & municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul announced on Wednesday, signalling a ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Nandigram voterspledge to hold seat for Suvendu’s nominee

    Nandigram: It's been five decades that a CM has represented a Midnapore constituency, and people of Nandigram are alittle disappointed with CM Suvendu Adhikari picking Bhowanipore over his old bastion. However, in people of the constituency that saw the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
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